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oially troublesome. Indian corn is looking fairly well, with a larger 

 acreage than usual. Haying has just begun and a fair average crop is 

 in prospect. Potatoes are ten per cent above last year in acreage and 

 are looking well. Very little is done with market-garden crops in this 

 vicinity. Daily products are well up in price, but cows are low, owing 

 to milk troubles. Pasturage is short, owing to the long dry time, but 

 the rains of the last two days will help. The sooner the eight to 

 fifteen cow farmer drops his milk business, to return to butter, calves 

 and pigs the sooner his temper, his farm and his finances will take on 

 improved conditions. 



Hadley (L. W. West). — Potato bugs are not as numerous as usual. 

 Corn is looking well and there is a slight increase in acreage. A little 

 hay has been cut and this week's rains insure a good crop. There is 

 about the usual acreage of early potatoes and they are in bloom. There 

 was a full average yield of early market-garden crops and there is good 

 prospect for the others. The quantity of dairy products is below the 

 average and prices are about normal ; price of cows below former years. 

 Pastures are in good condition. There is a good outlook for berries; 

 peaches and plums will be scarce. 



South Hadley (W. F. Person). — Potato bugs and rose bugs are 

 doing some damage. Corn looks well and the acreage is about the same 

 as in former years. Haying has commenced and the crop will be a 

 good one. The acreage of early potatoes compares favorably with 

 other years and the crop looks well. Garden crops look well, with good 

 prices and good prospects for later crops. Dairy products are not up 

 to the average of former years and a good many farmers have sold 

 their cows. Pasturage is in good condition. Strawberries are a good 

 crop and all other berries bid fair to yield well. 



Easthampton (William C. Clapp). — Potato bugs, squash bugs, 

 rose bugs and cut worms are doing damage. Indian corn is looking 

 well and shows a full acreage. Haying has begun and there will be an 

 average crop. Fully as many early potatoes as usual were put in and 

 they are looking well. Early market-garden crops are fully up to the 

 normal. Dairy products are about the same as last year in quantity 

 and price. Pastures are looking well, but the rains will help high lands. 

 If we have plenty of rain there will be a full fruit crop. 



Westhampto)i (Levi Burt). — Potato bugs are about ten days 

 earlier than usual. Corn is looking finely, with about an average 

 acreage. Haying has begun, with every prospect of a good crop, 

 above the average of the last five years. Early potatoes are looking 

 well, with the usual acreage. The quantity and supply of dairy 

 products is average; price of butter fat a cent more per pound than 

 last year. Pasturage is very poor when at its best with us. Straw- 

 berries are a very good crop. The hay crop looks thin on old meadows, 

 as usual. 



Williamsburg (F. C. Richards). — Potato bugs are the principal 



